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• Mr.

  

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  September 26, 2015 10:31 PM EDT

   Couldn't agree more. There is certainly a lot of room to improve TES' storyline, emotional depth and writing in general (outside of the Lore). It is sadly something that carries over to FO as well, and that becomes crystal clear when another developer (Obsidian) takes over the franchise and ends up making a better story with a miles better writing team (Vegas), though I'm hoping this trend is about to change with FO4.

   But when we're talking about TES specifically, I think it is somehow a deliberate thing, they don't want to go into too much details with the Main Quests because it could potentially hinder Bethesda's plans for future installments, and we all know how evasive they are about previous games' major events in each new entry.

   That is also why the side quests are usually better than the main quests, it is a much more local thing, so it gives the developers a lot more room to work in.

• Virgait

  

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  September 28, 2015 12:09 PM EDT

  I think that if I came across this thread on 5 separate occasions, I would give 5 different answers.

  On this particular occasion, I am going to go with the immersion. I play a lot of fantasy games and a lot of RPG games. I read a lot of fantasy books, epic especially, and I love it all. No game or book has ever made me feel so immersed in the world as I do with Elder Scrolls (Skyrim in particular). They don't give me the same feeling of ownership of the character and his or her story. 

  I think that it is part of why I am so hesitant with TES Online, because it isn't 'my' world.

• Overhate

  

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  September 28, 2015 3:55 PM EDT

  A lot of my favourite game series have ceased to exist over the years. Every run has its end and then something new appears.

• Virgait

  

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  September 28, 2015 4:53 PM EDT

  I've never used mods because I am very bad with that kind of thing and terrified of messing it up, but I suspect that I will use them to add to the resources available for a short story I am writing using my character build. 

  Is it as difficult as I imagine?

• Mr.

  

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  September 28, 2015 6:00 PM EDT

   Not at all, if you need a helping hand to guide you through the beginning of modding, you should check up Gopher's videos. He does great tutorials, you really can't mess up if you follow his guides.